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Greenland is not for sale, prime minister says after Trump demand

By Thomson Reuters Jul 8, 2026 | 10:24 AM

July 8 (Reuters) – Greenland is not for ​sale, the ‌island’s head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen ‌said ​on ⁠Wednesday after United ⁠States President Donald Trump renewed his demand ​to control the ⁠Arctic ⁠territory at ​a NATO summit ​in Ankara, Turkey.

“Repeated ‌calls for the takeover or ⁠control of our country do not ⁠change ‌this,” Nielsen ⁠wrote in ​a ‌post on ​Facebook.

(Reporting by ⁠Louise Rassmussen and Jagoda Darlak, editing by Essi ​Lehto)